Guys,I bought this S7 refurbished off Mobiles.co.uk.Problem is,the firmware is some sort of verizon firmware without the branding.On the back of the phone,it says it is an SM-G930F,but is it safe for me to flash?
fucceeandcarphone said:
Guys,I bought this S7 refurbished off Mobiles.co.uk.Problem is,the firmware is some sort of verizon firmware without the branding.On the back of the phone,it says it is an SM-G930F,but is it safe for me to flash?
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Also,the csc code is vzw and it says the phone is us,even though it is NOT.
It's a Verizon S7 faked to look like G930F, check in download mode
Flash G930V or G930U only
*Detection* said:
It's a Verizon S7 faked to look like G930F, check in download mode
Flash G930V or G930U only
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****!But the back says SM-G930F!In ODIN Mode it says G930V.I still think it's the opposite:a G930F faked to look like a Verizon in software.
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fucceeandcarphone said:
****!But the back says SM-G930F!In ODIN Mode it says G930V.I still think it's the opposite:a G930F faked to look like a Verizon in software.
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Also,there is no carrier screen on boot and my sim is EE.Knox is also 0x0,so it's not voided.
fucceeandcarphone said:
****!But the back says SM-G930F!In ODIN Mode it says G930V.I still think it's the opposite:a G930F faked to look like a Verizon in software.
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They just changed the back glass, if it says its a V in download mode then it's the US version.
PureEnergyy said:
They just changed the back glass, if it says its a V in download mode then it's the US version.
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Well,I guess I'm screwed.I'll have to get verizon firmware for a phone not even on verizon as I live in the UK.
fucceeandcarphone said:
Well,I guess I'm screwed.I'll have to get verizon firmware for a phone not even on verizon as I live in the UK.
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Also,if I update my phone to the latest verizon firmware through ODIN(as the software update option is missing),will my EE sim work or not as I don't want to be stuck on an old version of android?And finally,does an antutu score of 149913 match with a US S7 or a UK S7?
BIG UPDATE.I checked the IMEI on Samsung's website and it says it's a 32gb gold Sprint S7,but this is insanely wrong as my S7 is black and not gold.Seems as if some fool took the internals of a US phone,the shell of a UK phone,the fw of a Verizon phone and the IMEI of a gold Sprint S7,put it together and gave it to Mobiles.co.uk and they sold it as a refurbished S7.
fucceeandcarphone said:
BIG UPDATE.I checked the IMEI on Samsung's website and it says it's a 32gb gold Sprint S7,but this is insanely wrong as my S7 is black and not gold.Seems as if some fool took the internals of a US phone,the shell of a UK phone,the fw of a Verizon phone and the IMEI of a gold Sprint S7,put it together and gave it to Mobiles.co.uk and they sold it as a refurbished S7.
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not some fool. some intelligent peep.
fucceeandcarphone said:
BIG UPDATE.I checked the IMEI on Samsung's website and it says it's a 32gb gold Sprint S7,but this is insanely wrong as my S7 is black and not gold.Seems as if some fool took the internals of a US phone,the shell of a UK phone,the fw of a Verizon phone and the IMEI of a gold Sprint S7,put it together and gave it to Mobiles.co.uk and they sold it as a refurbished S7.
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It's called Buying a fake, return it, happens to plenty of people here who don't do the correct checks before purchase
munchy_cool said:
not some fool. some intelligent peep.
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lol,that's hilarious as ****.
it also happen to me. i know my s7 is an ATT carrier, the problem is the original colour of my phone is gold, but what i got is black. so, can i flash the G930U firmware on my G930A?
*Detection* said:
It's called Buying a fake, return it, happens to plenty of people here who don't do the correct checks before purchase
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Dude,I did the benchmarks and they line up with a normal S7.
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So i was running everything fine until i was prompted to update on my phone via OTS.
It updated me to 4.4.2 and now i have no service, unknown baseband, and when i go to check the imei it tells me null/null.
Its not an issue with the sim because ive already tried the sim on a different phone and it works.
EFS...
ryanrools said:
So i was running everything fine until i was prompted to update on my phone via OTS.
It updated me to 4.4.2 and now i have no service, unknown baseband, and when i go to check the imei it tells me null/null.
Its not an issue with the sim because ive already tried the sim on a different phone and it works.
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have backup of your efs folder?
Pika71 said:
have backup of your efs folder?
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No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...
if you have no luck and are in the USA bring it to the nearest Best Buy Store and the Samsung Experience Consultant will fix it for you with our "Smart Tool"
QUOTE=ryanrools;51274487]No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...[/QUOTE]
Downgrade
ryanrools said:
No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...
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downgrade the firmware...
Pika71 said:
downgrade the firmware...
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I did.
Tried 4.2.2 MDJ and MG1 and still the same problem except now wifi doesnt turn on
4.3 MK6 fails on Odin
4.4.2 (which im on right now)
Update:
i went to the samsung store and they wanted to flash the firmware, but the tech guy at the store couldn't get kies to recognize the phone.
i bought the phone second hand off someone through craigslist and she claimed it was unlocked.
the model of the phone was SGH-I337M.
the samsung technician told me that if it were to be factory unlocked, it would be an international model, not a canadian.
being that it is canadian, he told me that my S4 was probably unlocked by being tampered with.
i asked the lady whom i bought the phone from (luckily she still responded), if she has ever tampered with the phone and she told me no.
she said she bought it from the store as unlocked.
so he printed me an official paper notice verifying that the phone has indeed been tampered with, to bring with me to where the phone was originally sold.
i have yet to go to the store and ask the people there if they can do anything to fix it, and if they DO happen to tell me to check with samsung, thats what the paper is for.
mind you the store isnt any official carrier store or anything. its a store in a chinese mall called "SK Mobile".
Canadian Firmware...
ryanrools said:
I did.
Tried 4.2.2 MDJ and MG1 and still the same problem except now wifi doesnt turn on
4.3 MK6 fails on Odin
4.4.2 (which im on right now)
Update:
i went to the samsung store and they wanted to flash the firmware, but the tech guy at the store couldn't get kies to recognize the phone.
i bought the phone second hand off someone through craigslist and she claimed it was unlocked.
the model of the phone was SGH-I337M.
the samsung technician told me that if it were to be factory unlocked, it would be an international model, not a canadian.
being that it is canadian, he told me that my S4 was probably unlocked by being tampered with.
i asked the lady whom i bought the phone from (luckily she still responded), if she has ever tampered with the phone and she told me no.
she said she bought it from the store as unlocked.
so he printed me an official paper notice verifying that the phone has indeed been tampered with, to bring with me to where the phone was originally sold.
i have yet to go to the store and ask the people there if they can do anything to fix it, and if they DO happen to tell me to check with samsung, thats what the paper is for.
mind you the store isnt any official carrier store or anything. its a store in a chinese mall called "SK Mobile".
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Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
Pika71 said:
Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
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Do i have to be rooted in order to flash that package?
Pika71 said:
Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
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Flash that package successfully and still no luck with the baseband or imei
only...
ryanrools said:
Flash that package successfully and still no luck with the baseband or imei
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only repair samsung technics
My English is bad, sorry.
I have rooted my SM-G9350(S7 edge China version) by flashing xiao1u's recovery, then boot into recovery and flash SuperSU 2.71.
Then I found the front camera issue: When using system camera app's auto mode, the second and next photo captured become deep red black, when reboot or reset the camera app, the first shot is well, but the second shot is still become deep red black.... And other problems, such as in some apps the video can not play directly, the picture stoped at begin and the speaker make "da da da"...(I have asked one who have not root his phone, he does not have this problem...)
So I flashed back offical firmware using odin, seleted "Re-partition, Nand erase all and phone bootloader update", but no any change, the problem still there...
Some one flashed xiao1u's recovery but he haven't boot into recovery to flash SuperSU ZIP package, he say his phone does not have these problems...That seems says xiao1u's recovery does not directly cause these problems...
So the problems may because using xiao1u's recovery flashing SuperSU package?
Some one guess these problems because root changed param partition, who have param.bin?
Not only me, as I found there are about fifty people have the same problem as me....
Who can give some help? Lots of thanks!!!!!
Snapdragon has a locked bootloader so no root.
Huntyz said:
Snapdragon has a locked bootloader so no root.
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I have unlocked my phone's bootloader by using crom service 1.0.4
1400700226 said:
I have unlocked my phone's bootloader by using crom service 1.0.4
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Can you post the apk
Sent Via My Samsung S7 Edge
Rydah805 said:
Can you post the apk
Sent Via My Samsung S7 Edge
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https://yunpan.cn/cq9xyxkjmx7MV password 7b58
1400700226 said:
https://yunpan.cn/cq9xyxkjmx7MV password 7b58
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Wait, is this for real?
seanvree said:
Wait, is this for real?
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Yes, real, I use it to unlock.
Is this a real S7 edge model #? Can you show a phone info screen shot of your device CSC?
Can't even find the G935F0 on Samsung live update
Is it a demo model phone?
Galaxy S7 edge
Kjc99 said:
Is this a real S7 edge model #? Can you show a phone info screen shot of your device CSC?
Can't even find the G935F0 on Samsung live update
Is it a demo model phone?
Galaxy S7 edge
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My phone model is SM-G9350, not G935F0.... I do not know how to upload images...
Here is the samsung official link:
http://www.samsung.com/cn/consumer/mobile-phones/smart-phone/galaxy-s/SM-G9350ZKUCHC
Thanks!
FYI SM-G9350 is the Snapdragon based S7 Edge sold in HK and China. I have the same in my hand.
Something similar was posted for the S6E: http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...sung-factory-bootloader-unlocker-apk-t3086609
The U.S. Snapdragon variants have a locked bootloader. It appears the Chinese version does not.
so this will only work on the asian versions?
seanvree said:
so this will only work on the asian versions?
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So far, apparently.
It's been my limited observation that locked bootloaders are carrier specific, it may be that the US providers may have become consistent but I haven't really made an assessment.
USA.... The land of the free and the locked bootloader. That is just not right ☺
I almost started getting very excited...what a tease lol
OliMic said:
USA.... The land of the free and the locked bootloader. That is just not right
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I thank Congress. You know. My lawmakers, which are lock-stock-and-barrel owned by the well monied PACs, such as the telecom providers.
I give a second thanks to the malicious coders of the world that have made it necessary for personal devices that do computation to have strong built-in security defenses just to be able to communicate with other drives.
I used that file to unlock (by some way) my bootloader im on the same g9350.
The people with the locked BL issue should try CROM, if it doesnt work it will not kill your phone.
1400700226 can you share to me the links from where you obtained the info related to the root??? As I mentioned you before when i tryed the root my IMEI got corrupted.
meyerweb said:
The U.S. Snapdragon variants have a locked bootloader. It appears the Chinese version does not.
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I do not know this, sorry
origitat said:
I almost started getting very excited...what a tease lol
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Sorry, what you means? My English is bad, sorry
So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Yes to both questions?
s7fnatic said:
So I have seen multiple people here on the forum claiming to do it or wanting to do it and I am a bit confused. I have an s7 edge on contract from ATT. Can I do this? If I flash T Mobile's firmware on this does this make my phone usable with a T Mobile sim?
Thank you
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Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
zombo91 said:
Yes you can flash it. I'm currently on T Mobile with ATT.
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Thank you. I am going to go ahead and give it a try.
bec48 said:
Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
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Yes you can and only thing I've noticed not working is video calling and WiFi calling with it seems I get better signal with there's.
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Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
jabreu203 said:
Wouldn't you still need to SIM unlock your AT&T phone to use on T-mobile network? I don't think just flashing another carriers ROM will allow you to use their network. Am I Wrong in thinking this way?
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I had the same question and that's why I haven't done anything on my phone so far. Also it does not help that I am a noob with all these things and dont want to mess up my phone since this is my daily driver.
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Was the device on the PK1 firmware before flashing to tmobile??
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I am not sure if I am looking at the right place but I think you are looking for the build number right? Mine is mmb29m.g935aucu4apj4
ronkim83 said:
Can you advise the procedure? I'm currently permanently locked to AT&T network and would like to use a carrier (SK Telecom - Korea).
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Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
ShrekOpher said:
Go to http://www.cellunlocker.net/ and get an unlock code for your phone. I unlocked my tmobile S7 edge this way right out of the gate worked just fine.
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I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
s7fnatic said:
I am confused. Can I not flash the phone with t mob firmware without unlocking? I thought this was just a software restriction and would have been removed by flashing a new firmware.
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Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
tailgunner9 said:
I have an Unlocked AT&T S7 and I can put in a T-Mobile sim and it works. So why Flash T-Mobile onto an AT&T phone if its Unlocked??? My AT&T S7 is Paid for in Full.
My question is, if you do flash T-Mobile firmware on AT&T phone will you get OTA updates off of T-Mobile, like when Nougat comes out????? Also would you still have wifi calling and get all the LTE bands of a T-Mobile phone????
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Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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stew1411 said:
Yes. All the edge models have identical hardware. Their only differentiating factor is the firmware they run. I flashed the unlocked firmware onto my AT&T model and now get updates directly from Samsung. If you flash the T-mobile firmware on the AT&T device, all features will work and updates will come from T-Mobile. Same would work if you flash the AT&T firmware onto a T-Mobile variant. Or Verizon to Sprint, Sprint to AT&T, etc.
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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So you are saying this about S7 Edge, does this work the same for the AT&T S7 SM-G930A? Mine is not the Factory Unlocked model but I got the unlock code from AT&T. I thought the firmware came from the carrier and not Samsung on updates on a carrier branded phone???
So if I flash T-Mobile into my AT&T S7, I can also flash it back to AT&T firmware should I go back to AT&T???
Think you are talking about flashing firmware on your that is original for the Factory Unlocked version, think its SM-G930F
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Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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stew1411 said:
Well people on the S7 edge have flashed the tmo firmware on their AT&T models. Updates come from carrier on branded phones. So if you have an AT&T phone and flash another carriers firmware, it would only be branded by the physical logo on the back. It's like buying a Windows PC and installing Linux. The updates would come from Linux, not Windows, and vice versa. You could always go back to the AT&T firmware, just make sure that both firmwares you flash are on the same bootloader version.
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But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
tailgunner9 said:
But I have always read that OTA updates come from Carrier not from Samsung. Thanks for the info. Maybe AT&T will be out with Nougat by Spring after S8 are out for sale.
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Updates do come from the carrier. However, if you flash a different carriers firmware you will start getting updates from the new carrier.
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ShrekOpher said:
Flashing the phones firmware will not carrier unlock the device. That is tied to the IMEI. It will boot up the Tmobile software, but it still will only work on AT&T network.
Also in order to unlock the device from AT&T they will most likely bill you for the remaining value of the device as soon as you request an unlock code. You cannot take a phone from one carrier to another unless it is fully paid off.
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You can pay a 3rd party service to unlock it on contract or not I have done it several times. (I use UnlockUnit for all my devices contract or not get code in like 15min)
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Does anyone have a sprint omadm notification saying 'checking device status' after flashing G950U1?
You can safely ignore. As far I'm aware when it happened to me, nothing else... lol It'll eventually disappear after a while.
It's been a few days and it's still there
Weird, assuming you've rebooted at least once right? Are you in the States?
Is your Sprint s8 unlocked? If not it won't work with any provider besides Sprint.
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Is your Sprint s8 unlocked? If not it won't work with any provider besides Sprint.
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My s8 is originally Verizon, using it with ATT sim, so that's why i think it's very weird
Sorry to revive this thread. But I have a Cricket S8 and flashed the July update XAA which from my knowledge is the unlocked S8 firmware. After flashing I get the exact same thing even though I didnt flash any sprint firmware and my sim card is a Cricket one.
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=C59A4E9E73F311E7963AFA163EE8F90B
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My s8 is originally Verizon, using it with ATT sim, so that's why i think it's very weird
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This exact same thing is happening with me, however it only started after I just updated to 8.0.
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This exact same thing is happening with me, however it only started after I just updated to 8.0.
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Did you figure this out?
How did you guys update to Oreo? I have Nougat still. I'm in china and have a Sprint s8 Active.
I have an "unlocked" SGS7 edge that I bought from a friend and he had it with Sprint. I tried using on AT&T network but it asked me for an MSL code in order to be able to change the APN settings to the AT&T ones. I was able to get the MSL from someone who know more about phones than I do. After this, I am able to use the network and data from AT&T but it still has some features blocked because I can't get past the "Hands Free Activation" from Sprint. These features are the hotspot and voicemail among other.
So my question is if I can completely delete Sprint from my phone by flashing the AT&T firmware for the S7 edge onto my device.
All help is welcome.
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I have an "unlocked" SGS7 edge that I bought from a friend and he had it with Sprint. I tried using on AT&T network but it asked me for an MSL code in order to be able to change the APN settings to the AT&T ones. I was able to get the MSL from someone who know more about phones than I do. After this, I am able to use the network and data from AT&T but it still has some features blocked because I can't get past the "Hands Free Activation" from Sprint. These features are the hotspot and voicemail among other.
So my question is if I can completely delete Sprint from my phone by flashing the AT&T firmware for the S7 edge onto my device.
All help is welcome.
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Read the back of ur phone if it says 935u then it's an unlocked version.
Use the xda samfirm tool put
Model SM-G935U
Region ATT
It will download the most recent firmware from samsung servers.
Set to auto
Flash the files in that zip with odin.
pingufanpoy said:
Read the back of ur phone if it says 935u then it's an unlocked version.
Use the xda samfirm tool put
Model SM-G935U
Region ATT
It will download the most recent firmware from samsung servers.
Set to auto
Flash the files in that zip with odin.
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It says 935P, am I gonna have trouble with it? I'm not really tech savvy to be honest.
ihatesprinting said:
It says 935P, am I gonna have trouble with it? I'm not really tech savvy to be honest.
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Nvm ur stuck on sprint model it can't be changed to any other network because the phone model doesn't support flashing to any others.
pingufanpoy said:
Nvm ur stuck on sprint model it can't be changed to any other network because the phone model doesn't support flashing to any others.
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Damn thats unfortunate, well thanks anyways